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Post by librarychica on Jan 3, 2018 12:14:57 GMT -6
I’m in! I love a good clean out. I did my clothes months ago but then got distracted.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 3, 2018 12:34:17 GMT -6
I will proudly say I love our closets in our new house. I wish the entry closet was bigger, but we supplemented with a coat tree for guests. We have built in shelves in the basement closets that help everything look neat, even if I need to go through the bins
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Post by tincupchalice on Jan 3, 2018 12:48:28 GMT -6
I went simple with bath toys and my kid just has 2 little cups and a boat. I dry them off and put them away after every bath.... I guess I Kon Mari the bathtoys. DH does bath here so nothing gets put away. That's why I'm leaning towards having nothing to put away!
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Post by pumpkin on Jan 3, 2018 12:49:06 GMT -6
re: Bath toys We just did this and I am loving it!
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Post by pobre on Jan 3, 2018 13:03:36 GMT -6
The one thing I don't like about this house is the lack of drawers. Everything is cupboards and it just makes it so much harder to organize. All that bending down and reaching to the back. SAME. I want so badly to gut our kitchen and make it 99% drawers. They make inserts that pull out.
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Post by gingy on Jan 3, 2018 13:44:01 GMT -6
SAME. I want so badly to gut our kitchen and make it 99% drawers. They make inserts that pull out. We keep talking about adding some. I need to just go buy them because DH will put off any projects that don't directly benefit him. See: the vent that makes him stuffy at night since we switched sides of the bed. It's magically being fixed.
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Post by emma on Jan 3, 2018 13:46:14 GMT -6
I once had a kitchen without a single draw. That was fun
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 15:53:35 GMT -6
I really need to get myself on board with this. But I can only do a room/area at a time. I can't do a category at a time.
And how do I do toys? Because my kid's toys bring me very little joy.
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 3, 2018 21:57:37 GMT -6
I just got rid of bottles, a nursing cover, a jumperoo, and a brand new blanket thingy that was a classier snuggy. They all have new owners tonight. Teeny Baby steps
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 4, 2018 0:01:21 GMT -6
I really need to get myself on board with this. But I can only do a room/area at a time. I can't do a category at a time. And how do I do toys? Because my kid's toys bring me very little joy. How old are they? I was shocked how receptive my almost 4yo was to picking things to give away. She evening willingly picked things to donate before Christmas this year (now 5) with no prompting from me
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 7:11:18 GMT -6
I really need to get myself on board with this. But I can only do a room/area at a time. I can't do a category at a time. And how do I do toys? Because my kid's toys bring me very little joy. How old are they? I was shocked how receptive my almost 4yo was to picking things to give away. She evening willingly picked things to donate before Christmas this year (now 5) with no prompting from me DD is almost 5. She is hit or miss with giving things to other kids (donating). I’ve been slowly culling out stuff with broken/missing pieces. Mostly it’s me feeling guilt for getting rid of toys that she’s enjoyed at one point and people spent money on.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 4, 2018 7:14:23 GMT -6
Tlex Kon Mari my life, plz. Seriously though how do I do this when MH is very unorganized? I truly would come help you if I could! My advice with YH is to lead by example and leave him alone about it. Just do YOUR stuff. MH had a really hard time with the idea and then when he saw the "afters" of my closet, bathroom drawers, etc he was asking for help doing his own. MH used to give me much rage by piling his shit on the dining room table daily. And counter. And bedroom chair. And nightstand. There is none of that shit left to pile and he's used to knowing where it all goes because HE decided where his shit goes and WE decided where our shit goes. My husband earnestly feels that all horizontal surfaces must have things haphazardly laying atop them
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Post by peachsmama on Jan 4, 2018 7:21:55 GMT -6
How old are they? I was shocked how receptive my almost 4yo was to picking things to give away. She evening willingly picked things to donate before Christmas this year (now 5) with no prompting from me DD is almost 5. She is hit or miss with giving things to other kids (donating). I’ve been slowly culling out stuff with broken/missing pieces. Mostly it’s me feeling guilt for getting rid of toys that she’s enjoyed at one point and people spent money on. I get that feeling. But if she did enjoy them, then it wasn't a waste. If you worry she'll miss things, put them up for a week. If she asks about them then give back what she asked for. Pay attention to what she's actively playing with and what she's just moving out of the way. I got rid of a whole bin that they were constantly dumping just to get to what was behind it.
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Post by peachsmama on Jan 4, 2018 7:22:19 GMT -6
I truly would come help you if I could! My advice with YH is to lead by example and leave him alone about it. Just do YOUR stuff. MH had a really hard time with the idea and then when he saw the "afters" of my closet, bathroom drawers, etc he was asking for help doing his own. MH used to give me much rage by piling his shit on the dining room table daily. And counter. And bedroom chair. And nightstand. There is none of that shit left to pile and he's used to knowing where it all goes because HE decided where his shit goes and WE decided where our shit goes. My husband earnestly feels that all horizontal surfaces must have things haphazardly laying atop them I see we married the same man.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 4, 2018 7:29:40 GMT -6
How old are they? I was shocked how receptive my almost 4yo was to picking things to give away. She evening willingly picked things to donate before Christmas this year (now 5) with no prompting from me DD is almost 5. She is hit or miss with giving things to other kids (donating). I’ve been slowly culling out stuff with broken/missing pieces. Mostly it’s me feeling guilt for getting rid of toys that she’s enjoyed at one point and people spent money on. I understand that feeling too, but I also don't want to burden my kids with feeling like they need to keeo everything because it was a gift or they used to love it. Personally we talked about sharing things we don't play with anymore with kids that don't have toys and she seemed excited to share things. There have been a few things I put away because they were a little young for her but I want to save for the next LO, but it's been easier than I anticipated all around I struggled with some of those feelings for my own things too (especially things I bought and didn't use), but at the end of the day they're just things and it's so freeing to not be burdened by things we don't NEED.
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Post by Lakes on Jan 4, 2018 8:58:05 GMT -6
I just did my Christmas decorations while packing them up. I got it down to two reasonably sized boxes! There was a lot of stuff that was gifted to me that didn't fit my decorating style that I was holding onto because of guilt. I'm excited that next year it will just be all my favorite stuff.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 4, 2018 10:17:39 GMT -6
I just did my Christmas decorations while packing them up. I got it down to two reasonably sized boxes! There was a lot of stuff that was gifted to me that didn't fit my decorating style that I was holding onto because of guilt. I'm excited that next year it will just be all my favorite stuff. I released almost all the gel window clings I have. I haven't had the energy to put them up since we moved in our house, and honestly we don't have as many "good" places to put them. I'm enjoying only my "favorite" things too and I'm itching to have enough time to go through the other holiday stuff
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Post by pumpkin on Jan 4, 2018 12:21:26 GMT -6
I just did my Christmas decorations while packing them up. I got it down to two reasonably sized boxes! There was a lot of stuff that was gifted to me that didn't fit my decorating style that I was holding onto because of guilt. I'm excited that next year it will just be all my favorite stuff. I sort of did this too this year. I divided them into two totes. Indoor christmas decor that I am actually using and then a tote of older stuff that I don't regularly use. If I find that next year, I don't pull anything out of that tote to decorate with, then I will get rid of that stuff. The only reason that I didn't purge it this year is that I do swap stuff out from time to time. But if it doesn't get used next year, that will be 2 years that it didn't get touched and to me, that means buh-bye junk. It definitely slowed down the clean up/putting away efforts this year, but I will be so thankful I organized and labeled EVERY tote, so I know exactly what is where.
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Post by scsmith on Jan 4, 2018 15:13:38 GMT -6
I want to do this. I tried purging in 2017 but lost steam by July.
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Post by thechickencoop on Jan 5, 2018 8:34:41 GMT -6
I just did my Christmas decorations while packing them up. I got it down to two reasonably sized boxes! There was a lot of stuff that was gifted to me that didn't fit my decorating style that I was holding onto because of guilt. I'm excited that next year it will just be all my favorite stuff. I got rid of a huge bag of ornaments while I was taking down the tree. Bye filler junk ornaments!
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Post by thechickencoop on Jan 5, 2018 8:35:13 GMT -6
My husband earnestly feels that all horizontal surfaces must have things haphazardly laying atop them I see we married the same man. HE HAS THREE WIVES?? H drives me up a wall with his piles. Like...just put it away!
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Post by thechickencoop on Jan 5, 2018 8:36:21 GMT -6
I just started reading the book on kindle. As I'm moving through the house this morning I'm just taking mental notes of all the stuff I want to purge.
Damn you 2 hour late schools. I want to read in peace!
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Post by earlybird on Jan 5, 2018 8:51:48 GMT -6
I see we married the same man. HE HAS THREE WIVES?? H drives me up a wall with his piles. Like...just put it away! I’ve started moving DH’s piles to places that are inconvenient for him. His parents bring him lots of crap from their house when they visit and he had the habit of putting everything in the corner of our bedroom or in the hall closet that only I usually use (clothes I’m saving for my youngest, craft supplies etc is there). I put everything in the center of his closet. He sees how annoying it is to look at and deals with it.
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Post by peachsmama on Jan 5, 2018 8:55:22 GMT -6
HE HAS THREE WIVES?? H drives me up a wall with his piles. Like...just put it away! I’ve started moving DH’s piles to places that are inconvenient for him. His parents bring him lots of crap from their house when they visit and he had the habit of putting everything in the corner of our bedroom or in the hall closet that only I usually use (clothes I’m saving for my youngest, craft supplies etc is there). I put everything in the center of his closet. He sees how annoying it is to look at and deals with it. I do this too. If I tell him 20 times to move something and he doesn't, it gets put on his pillow..
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 5, 2018 10:59:49 GMT -6
I really need to get myself on board with this. But I can only do a room/area at a time. I can't do a category at a time. And how do I do toys? Because my kid's toys bring me very little joy. I struggled a little with categories vs rooms because I prefer to go by rooms too, but deciding to commit and do it "right" made a big difference in my outlook and ultimately in how much I kept. I was constantly getting rid of things and trying to declutter, but actually gathering things from all parts of the house made a big difference.
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Post by justkeepmoving on Jan 5, 2018 12:31:58 GMT -6
I need to get back in this. We went through this once but we need to revisit. We also need to finish putting our house together from when we moved which would help. Now that the holidays are over hopefully we can get back to business.
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Post by hawkward on Jan 5, 2018 13:39:45 GMT -6
I'm doing the boys' clothes today (and dropping heavy hints to H that it's time for him to do his). There's basically nothing left of my clothes to do.
I'm doing books tomorrow. I'm going out of order for the kids' stuff (clothes and books) because my sister likes the boys' hand-me-downs for her son and it's easier to pack all the stuff up at once.
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Post by Tlex on Jan 5, 2018 15:37:53 GMT -6
I really need to get myself on board with this. But I can only do a room/area at a time. I can't do a category at a time. And how do I do toys? Because my kid's toys bring me very little joy. I struggled a little with categories vs rooms because I prefer to go by rooms too, but deciding to commit and do it "right" made a big difference in my outlook and ultimately in how much I kept. I was constantly getting rid of things and trying to declutter, but actually gathering things from all parts of the house made a big difference. I was really skeptical of the categories approach but she says in the book to think about how the room by room approach is a cycle that never ends, because think about how many times you've done it before and yet here you are reading this book because the clutter is back again. So I gave the category system a try and while it seems so daunting, you feel so accomplished after. You get a new sensation of what it's like to truly be "done."
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Post by Tlex on Jan 5, 2018 15:41:29 GMT -6
Tlex, what you said the other day about me giving away stuff and how it can potentially not give them joy...or something like that. It really struck a nerve and it has changed my outlook. I made it through holiday decor and scarves. I got ride of 2 shopping bags and a garbage bag full of stuff. Dropping off today. Oh that's so cool. Sorry, I waffled on that post I wrote to you, it felt super preachy and it's hard not to sound really weird when describing her methods, I know I sound like a new age kool aid drinker when I'm trying to explain things. I just think of it as a methodology/philosophy, not a set of rules, and I can't even count how many things I used to be anxious about that this methodosophy has helped me conquer. Like gifts, and saving things for a rainy day, and guilt about money spent when we don't have a lot to spend now, and and and... it's nice to hear you had a positive shift in thinking and feeling from something that's helped me so much too.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jan 5, 2018 16:11:15 GMT -6
I am the opposite, DH likes everything complete bare and clean. I like having a few things that bring me joy on my nightstand for instance, and he has zero. Not a single thing.
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